Seriously ... one of the greatest draw-backs of producing video-based entertainment is the eventual, sometimes unfortunate need to collaborate with other people.

This is why I do krumbinesBRAIN--nobody to rely on but myself.

This is not to say that I don't enjoy working and collaborating with other people, but I hate having to put myself in a situation where my project relies on someone else in order to be complete.

I dealt with this a lot during the Talking Heads youtube series, and through the bulk of it was able to rely on deadlines to keep people on track with their contributions to the show. There were hiccups, however, and it usually really threw me for a loop. For example, for one episode, after all but one person turned in their footage, I got word from the remaining person that they weren't going to do it. I was forced with the decision to either scrap the entire episode or try and "make it work". Fortunately, there were enough pieces of the puzzle to make it work, and the pressure to be creative with the footage probably helped the episode a great deal.

But that doesn't change the fact that it still sucks to put the fate of your creative baby in other people's hands.